W3C CSSActivity


CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) can describe how documents are displayed.


CSS Tutorial

To learn more about CSS, please read ourCSS Tutorial。


CSS1

As a W3C Recommendation, CSS1 was released on December 17, 1996. On January 11, 1999, this recommendation was revised.

CSS2

As a W3C Recommendation, CSS2 was released on January 11, 1999. CSS2 added support for media (printers and aural devices) and downloadable fonts.

CSS3

CSS3 plans to divide CSS into smaller modules.


CSS4

Starting with CSS3, modules will be defined separately. For example, CSS4 selectors can be defined in the CSS3 module.


CSS Properties

W3C defines the following CSS properties:

  • Print Properties
  • Mobile Device Properties
  • TV Properties

W3C CSS Specifications and Timeline

Specification Draft/Proposal Recommendation Date
CSS 1   17. Dec 1996
CSS 1 (Revised)   11. Apr 2008
CSS 2   12. May 1998
CSS 2.1   07. Jun 2011
DOM Level 2 Style Specification   13. Nov 2000
CSS Style Attributes 12. Oct 2010  
CSS 3 Namespaces Module   29. Sep 2011
CSS 3 Selectors   29. Sep 2011
CSS 3 User Interface Module 17. Jan 2012  
CSS 3 Fonts Module 12. Feb 2013  
CSS 3 Color Module   07. Jun 2011
CSS 3 Backgrounds and Borders Module 24. Jul 2012  
CSS 3 Text Module 13. Nov 2012  
CSS 3 Lists and Counters Module 24. May 2011  
CSS 3 Line Module 15. May 2002  
CSS 3 Basic Box model 09. Aug 2007  
CSS 3 Multi-column Layout Module 12. Apr 2011  
CSS 3 Ruby Module 30. Jun 2011  
CSS 3 Speech Module 20. Mar 2012  
CSS 3 Paged Media Module 10. Oct 2006  
CSS 3 Generated content for Paged Media Module 29. Nov 2011  
CSS 3 Values and Units Module 28. Aug 2012  
CSS 3 Cascading and Inheritance 03. Jan 2013  
CSS 3 Template Layout Module 29. Nov 2011  
CSS 3 Media Queries   19. Jun 2012
     
CSS Mobile Profile 2.0 10. Dec 2008  
CSS TV Profile 1.0 14. May 2003  
CSS Print Profile 1.0 13. Oct 2006  


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